Chapter 50: The Tremor of the Storm Ocean
It started raining near the caves in the southeast corner of the island. Gradually, the whole Castel was shrouded in rain. Typhoons blow through the Ocean of Storms all year round, and the storms bring rain, so it is rainy season here all year round.
But there seems to be something wrong with today's rain.
Sailors on the sea all say that storms will always pass, and their ships often sail through storms. As long as the sails are fully pulled, the storms will always be left behind.
But today, ships sailing on the Ocean of Storms will be surprised to find that no matter how fast they travel or where they go, there are storms.
If you zoom out and watch from a higher place, you will find that over the entire Ocean of Storms, with a certain location as the center, dark clouds are slowly gathering and heavy rain is falling.
The location of the center is a bit strange.
It is not the eye of the storm where thunderstorms occur all year round, but it is a little further north and a little further west.
To its west is the land of the Empire, to its northeast is the Gem Bay, and to its north is the seaport of the White Crow Principality.
It is a small island named Castel, which means Fire and Light in the Ocean of Storms.
At this moment, all over the ocean, surrounding Castel, storms and lightning fell like divine punishment.
at the same time.
In the Rhine, at the Candlelight Society's underground courtroom, at the long table of the Secret Keepers' Council, seven hooded figures raised their heads at the same time.
In the Gear Academy built by the imperial family of the Empire, several huge steam machines suddenly started to sound at the same time.
In the Storm Ocean, the migrating fish people suddenly stopped. After discussing for a while, they turned around and went back.
In Gem Bay, a man with tattoos all over his body suddenly opened his eyes wide, and then turned into a pool of black pus in front of the horrified eyes of the people around him.
In Castel, in the Candlelight Society church, a crack suddenly appeared on the chest of Caschisius as he was kneeling in prayer.
In Nora's room, a gust of wind blew open the window and blew the diary on the table to the ground.
The note under the diary bounced twice, was blown by the wind, and fell into the mud. The mud gradually covered the words on it: "My successor, there is one more thing you need to pay attention to. You must be careful of Sister Chloe in the church."
"Although I don't know who she is, I can be sure that she is definitely not a member of the Candlelight Society."
In the mansion, Hughes had changed into new clothes and was sitting in an armchair, reading the report that Alexei had just sent.
He raised his head and glanced at the overcast sky with amusement: "It's actually raining. In the novels I read before, it would rain when a big scene came. It turned out to be a coincidence today."
"Master." Connor gently placed a few materials on the table.
He was wearing hunting trousers, a white shirt and a black waistcoat, with the white musket in his gun pocket.
After the battle last night, Hughes gave the gun to Connor, firstly to reward him for his timely assistance, and secondly because Hughes found that the gun would be more effective for Connor.
Anyway, most of the time he went out, he brought Connor with him, and he also carried the gun.
It can be seen that Connor likes this gun very much. He also carries it with him in the manor, which makes Hughes feel a little funny.
Another thing was that Connor started calling him Master again, but Hughes didn't want to dwell on the issue of address because he had too many things going on.
"how's it going?"
Connor nodded slightly to him.
"Miss Nora has already left by boat. I tried to persuade her to stay, but she insisted on going to pick up the first batch of refugees first."
"Is her injury healed?"
"She said that this is the characteristic of the Buried One. No matter how severe the physical injuries are, she can recover quickly. You know, she is actually no longer a living person."
Hughes nodded.
"Did you say how long you'll be back?"
"About a week."
"Where's Monica?"
"Monica is not injured. Ms. Nora checked her body and said there is no contamination left. Please rest assured."
"As for the other banshees, they are temporarily placed in the cave under the secret passage. They asked me for some tools and are preparing to repair that place."
It is not suitable for the Banshees to be exposed to people's sight for the time being. Moreover, they have been living underwater and may not feel comfortable on land.
Therefore, Zeus let them stay temporarily near the coast of Castel. With him as the center, the pollution in the deep sea would not harm him.
"Besides that, Sister Chloe came to the manor in the afternoon. Seeing that we were not there, she stayed for a while and then left."
"Oh, I almost forgot." Xius nodded in understanding.
He did make an appointment with Sister Chloe to meet at the manor as a backup plan in case Nora was unable or unwilling to help him solve the pollution. At that time, he would seek help from the Candlelight Society.
But this backup plan was never used.
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"She didn't doubt it?"
"No, we had good reasons to prepare in advance, and her arrival time was staggered between us and our fight."
"That's good." Zeus nodded with relief. The location of the seaside cave was carefully selected by him. Although the battle was noisy, it did not alarm others.
"You can visit her when you have time. Just add it to your schedule for today."
After hearing about the itinerary, Connor took out a notebook from his pocket, glanced at the contents, and spoke carefully.
"Master, as you requested, I have divided your to-do list into four categories."
“Important and urgent, important but not urgent, unimportant but urgent, and neither important nor urgent.”
When Connor said this, a strange look appeared on his face.
This classification method may seem simple and crude, but it is surprisingly useful. Under Hughes's guidance, he used the horizontal and vertical axes to judge the order of things, and easily sorted a large number of things according to priority.
"Well, based on this, I will come every morning to inform you of the day's arrangements."
"You need to meet Alexi in the study this morning. He is here to report on the progress of the new factory and the recruitment of craftsmen."
"Then you will inspect the territory with him."
"Go to church this afternoon to meet Ms. Chloe."
Xius nodded. Arranging daily work in this way would be much more efficient.
"The meeting place with Alexei has been changed to my chemistry lab. You can come along. I plan to talk to him about the new products in the territory."
"Will you also tell him the truth about the contamination?"
"Probably not. After all, this concerns him."
"[Cognitive Barrier]"
Hearing this word, Connor's eyes flickered. [Pollution], [Cognitive Barrier], and even the truth about [Supernatural] all shocked him greatly. He felt as if his worldview was crumbling.
It all started with the conversation between Hughes and Nora after the battle last night.
(End of this chapter)